Monday, 13 October 2014

Fallings - I Saw Ghosts

If there's one thing us Irish seem to be excelling at in recent times, it's a knack for what I'd like to call epic folk, as demonstrated by bands like PØRTS in the north and In Their Thousands in the south. Now we've got another name to add to that list, in the form of Kerry based 4-piece Fallings. The track that has really got us excited is the wonderful "I Saw Ghosts", which we imagine will similarly excite fans of the aforementioned bands. The arrangement of the song starts off incredibly sparse, before building up in a crescendo into a thunderous, anthemic wall of noise. It does remind us a little bit of "Heaven" by Bryan Adams in parts, but we won't hold that against them.

The band's debut E.P, "Hide. Fight. Fall. Unite", is due to be released soon.

About The Captain

So what can I tell you about myself? I am from Belfast. I enjoy writing about new music, which keeps me afloat. The Guardian once profiled this blog. I'm old enough to have experienced the Walkman without being retro, but not old enough to have used MySpace whilst it was still cool. I was nominated for the Sony Radio Golden Headphones Award in 2013. Caramacs and Battenberg are life affirming, and the moment some bright spark combines the two my life will be complete.